Evolution of Instinct

From On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Darwin extends natural selection to behavior, treating instincts like the hive-making of bees and slave-making in ants as products of gradual selection.
Chapter VII (1st ed.) / VIII: Instinct

Honeycomb construction and ant slavery as cases of selected behavior.

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